Vega de Pas 1 locality: Cretaceous, Spain
collected by J. L. Sañudo
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
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Hybodontoidea indet.
Agassiz 1834
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Bermúdez-Rochas 2009 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
MGM-11057C, MGM-11058C | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Polyacrodontidae
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Hybodus parvidens
Woodward 1916
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Bermúdez-Rochas 2009 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Polyacrodus parvidens | ||||||||||
Ten almost complete tooth-crowns (MGM-11019C, MGM-11023C, MGM-11024C, MGM-11028C, MGM-11030C, MGM-11031C, MGM- 11035C, MGM-11045C, MGM-11049C, MGM-11052C); four incomplete tooth-crowns with part of root preserved (MGM- 11020C, MGM-11026C, MGM-11033C, MGM-11048C); 16 incomplete tooth-crowns (MGM-11021C, MGM-11022C, MGM-11025C, MGM-11027C, MGM-11029C, MGM- 11032C, MGM-11036C, MGM-11039C, MGM-11043C, MGM-11044C, MGM-11046C, MGM-11047C, MGM- 11050C, MGM-11051C, MGM-11053C, MGM-11055C); and seven isolated main cusps (MGM-11034C, MGM- 11037C, MGM-11038C, MGM-11040C, MGM-11041C, MGM-11042C, MGM-11054C). | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Egertonodus basanus
(Egerton 1845)
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Bermúdez-Rochas 2009 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Eight specimens. Two almost complete toothcrowns (MGM-10798C, MGM-11012C); two incomplete 678 D.D. Bermúdez-Rochas /Geobios 42 (2009) 675–686 tooth-crowns (MGM-11013C, MGM-11015C); and three isolated main cusps (MGM-11014C, MGM-11016C, MGM- 11018C). | ||||||||||
Planohybodus ensis
(Woodward 1916)
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Bermúdez-Rochas 2009 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Three specimens. One almost complete toothcrown (MGM-11011C), one incomplete tooth-crown (MGM- 11009C), and one incomplete isolated cusp (MGM-11010C). | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lonchidion breve
Patterson 1966
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Bermúdez-Rochas 2009 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
One single complete tooth (MGM-10797C). | ||||||||||
Parvodus sp.
Rees and Underwood 2002
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Bermúdez-Rochas 2009 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
One single incomplete tooth-crown (MGM- 11008C) | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
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Lissodus sp.
Brough 1935
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Bermúdez-Rochas 2009 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
One single complete lateral tooth-crown (MGM- 11007C) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Eucryptodira indet.
Gaffney 1975
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Pérez-García and Murelaga 2014 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
MGM-10465C to 10474C | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
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Arcodonichthys pasiegae n. gen., n. sp.
Poyato-Ariza and Bermúdez-Rochas 2007
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Spain | State/province: | Cantabria | County: | Vega de Pas |
Coordinates: | 43.1° North, 3.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.2° North, 2.2° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous |
Key time interval: | Cretaceous |
Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Vega de Pas | Member: | Viviparus |
Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | red silty mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Abundance in sediment: | few |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all macrofossils |
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,survey of museum collection |
Collection size: | 6 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collectors: | J. L. Sañudo |
Collection method comments: Repository: Museo GeoMinero, Institute Geológico y Minero de España, Madrid, Spain (MGM) |
Metadata
Database number: | 136002 | ||
Authorizer: | S. Peters, M. Bell, M. Carrano | Enterer: | S. McMullen, M. Carrano, M. Bell | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-11-14 06:20:03 | Last modified: | 2012-11-13 13:20:03 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-14 06:20:03 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
43502. | F. J. Poyato-Ariza and D. D. Bermúdez-Rochas. 2007. New Pycnodont Fish (Arcodonichthys pasiegae gen. et sp. nov.) from the Early Cretaceous of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):271-275 [S. Peters/S. McMullen] |
Secondary references:
46854 | D. D. Bermúdez-Rochas. 2009. New hybodont shark assemblage from the Early Cretaceous of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin. Geobios 42:675-686 [M. Bell/M. Bell] | |
52411 | A. Pérez-García and X. Murelaga. 2014. Tortugas del Cretácico Inferior de la Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica: el registro Hauteriviense-Barremiense de Vega de Pas (Cantabria) [Turtles from the Lower Cretaceous of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin: the Hauterivian–Barremian record from Vega de Pas (Cantabria)]. Geogaceta 55:79-82 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion] |